Digital Native Enthusiast Gifts

"Aah! Bless! Look at him on his I-pad!"

"This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I told you to go outside and play."

The Computer Bore

"Let me just check my email, my texts, my missed calls, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, my credit score, my horoscope, the results of this latest personality test, the S. & P., the Dow, the news, this article about cute dogs, and the weather, and then we can go."

"Couldn't you have just laughed instead of spelling 'LOL' in your alphabet soup?"

Olivia just hacked into the boy scouts' site and sold them 30,000 boxes of cookies.

This is a 'text book' it's a bit like a website but printed on paper.

"No, I really thought each sentence ended with an emoji!"

"...and before you embark upon life's journey, could one of you help me with my laptop?"

Wifi in Hell

#Whyneighborsdon'tknowtheirneighbors

"Listen to this: 'Technology reduces the time we spend on a given task, but increases the number of tasks we're expected to do.' Sounds like a no-win situation to me!"

"I can't find my other boot. I need to be rebooted."

Graduates on their phones

Bird Tweet.

"Looking at you, the moon and beyond, don't you think we could start a blog?"

Digital Fomo!

"And to my nephew, Todd, I leave my 27 Twitter followers."

"It's so cute when the boss brings his son to work and pretends to let him help out!"

'The school computers are six months old. How can I be expected to be competitive in the job market if I'm trained on obsolete equipment?'

"Lazy? I've been social-networking my ass off."

'Good night, Dear. Text me if you need anything.'

"I'd like to TikTok your offer and get comments before saying yes or no."

"Sorry, but I don't know how to tie a Reef Knot. Give me a simple project, like building a computer."

A child sitting on a swing - while playing with a hand-held electronic device or phone

"Swiping won't cut it sonny-boy, you have to physically walk to the next painting."

Trick or Tweet

'Can I download that as a PDF?'

"My Blackberry will get in touch with your Blackberry."

'New Game'

'After we learn the alphabet, are we going to learn how to text?'

"There's an app that helped me finish grades 3 through 7. If you need me, I'll be in my room playing video games for the next few years."

'I'm afraid you've failed the Turing test.'

'And, for the student with the most hits on his or her Facebook page, the award goes to Lisa Skemley!'

"Don't blame me for the grade, blame Google's algorithms."